AIZAWL: Mizoram Legislative Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo tested positive for COVID-19 today.
According to reports, His son and wife also tested positive for the disease.
After the detection, the family is currently under home isolation.
Meanwhile,A four-member central team accessed the COVID-19 situation in Mizoram amid a worrying surge in infections in the northeastern state.
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Headed by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) consultant-epidemiologist Dr Vinita Gupta, the central team arrived in the state capital Aizawl on Tuesday.
Aizawl has reported 65 per cent of the total cases of the state so far. The central team virtually held a review meeting with chief medical officers of all 11 districts on Wednesday.